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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. With attack rhetoric heating up, Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others. Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday, “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. With attack rhetoric heating up, Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others. Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday, “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. With attack rhetoric heating up, Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others. Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday, “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. With attack rhetoric heating up, Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others. Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday, “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. With attack rhetoric heating up, Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others. Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday, “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” Sitting second left is Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser, second left, and Cabinet Minister Moshe Yaalon, second right. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others the Jewish state faces.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday: "Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons."
Netanyahu said recently that no decision had been made on whether to attack or not. There is no way to know however whether hints from Israel's leadership indicate actual policy positions, or are part of a disinformation campaign meant to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
Netanyahu and other leading officials have noted that tough international sanctions have not succeeded Iran to abandon its suspect uranium enrichment program — a process that has civilian uses but could also be used to build bombs.
Tehran says its nuclear program is peaceful, designed mainly to produce energy.
